Cuba: Support for the fight against anemia in vulnerable groups in Cuba
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $8,500,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
- Fortified foods were delivered to 97,709 children and 13,311 pregnant women, providing food for 89 days in 24 municipalities.
- Two human milk banks were opened, and 17 doctors and nurses received training.
- Delivery of tools and equipment to 15 seed farms and 239 production units in 24 municipalities through donations and grants.
With the objective of decreasing the anemia prevalence in young children and pregnant women, this programme will support increased production, access to and use of foodstuffs rich in micronutrients, mainly iron. Cuba’s food and nutritional surveillance systems will be enhanced. Geographic focus will be the most vulnerable municipalities of the five eastern provinces and Pinar del Río.
This supports the domestic policy framework National Iron Deficiency and Anemia Prevention and Control Plan. A strategic entry point for nutritional enhancement will be the Maternity Homes, a key part of the national social welfare infrastructure. This joint programme will support government efforts towards achieving the MDGs, working at both the national and local levels, especially MDG 1, 3, 4 and 5. The directly supports the UNDAF 2008-2012, fifth area of concentration food security, and the outcome linked to anemia in pregnant women, infants and children under 5. UNICEF is the proposed lead agency.